beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Center/guard Corey Bullock, who was beaten out by Andrew Vorhees for the team’s ninth offensive line spot, was claimed by the Carolina Panthers. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Shortly before midnight, the crew beat out a fifty-acre fire that was smoldering delicately through lush green tundra. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Johnson was injured during part of training camp and didn’t do enough to beat out Zayne Anderson for jobs alongside Dante Trader and Michael Taaffe. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Despite a poor performance in Friday’s preseason shutout loss to Jacksonville, Daniels beat out veteran Jake Browning for the job. — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout